Toy pistol



J. H. HOOD.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I. 1920,

1 $76,544:. Patented May 3, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. HOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1920. Serial No'. 362,485.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. H001), a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Toy Pistol, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a toy pistol in which provision is made fordischarging a plurality of projectiles in different directions, and alsoof means for forcibly effecting the discharge of said projectiles oreither of them, the means employed being hereinafter specified, and thenovel features thereof being pointed out in the claims that follow thespecification. v

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing,but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is,to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as longas they are within the spirit orscope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a toy pistol embodying myinvention in operative cocked condition.

Fig. 2 represents a similar sectionshowing the pistol in the act ofdischarging the balls or darts employed.

Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on line 3 -8 Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates the barrel of the toy pistol, and 2 designates the stockthereof, said stock being hollow forming therein the chamber 3. In thebreech end of said barrel is secured the block at which is open at thetop 5 and has a concave face 6 which forms a seat for a ball, or in lieuthereof a dart or other projectile when placed in the barrel. In the topwall of the stock rearward of the block 4 is the opening 7 whose wallforms a seat for a ball or dart or other projectile placed thereon at anangle to the bore of the barrel, the lower portion of the last namedball being adapted to enter the upper portion of the chamber 3.

Within the barrel is the ball impelling arm 8 whose lower end iscontinuous of the spring 9, whereby said arm is resilient in its nature,said spring extending upwardly from the bottom of said arm through an,opening 10 in the handle portion of the stock 3 and having its upper endextending to near the top of said stock where it is engaged with thecocking rod 11,the latter passing through the opening 12 in the rear ofsaid stock into the chamber 3 and extending horizontally therein towardthe block 4.

The rear end of said rod is provided with the ring or handle 13 which isexterior of the stock so as to be convenient of access for withdrawingsaid rod when so required. The front end of said rod has thereon thecross bar or shoulder 14 which is adapted to engage the front of the topportion of the arm 8, whereby the latter maybe retracted when the rod 11is drawn rearwardly'by the handle 13, it being noticed that said toppor-' tion of the arm is slotted or bifurcated as at 15, whereby thefront end of the rod 11 may freely occupy said bifurcation in either ofthe positions of said arm on said rod.

In the chamber 3 there is mounted on the rear wall thereof thevertically movable sear 16 which consists of a bar on whose upper end isthe downwardly projecting hood-like head 17 which is adapted to receivethe upper end of the arm 8 as shown in Fig. 1, thus cooking the pistol,it being noticed that said end of the arm is deflected laterally formingthe flaring lip 18.

19 designates the trigger of the pistol, the same being of angular formit being mounted on the stock 2 and having its inner limb 20 passedfreely through the arm 8, and enga ing the sear whereby when the triggeris pulled the limb20 is adapted to raise the sear 16-thus releasing thearm 8 whereby it is permitted to be impelled forward toward the balls inthe barrel.

It will be seen that when the rod 11 is drawn back by hand the arm 8 isalso drawn back and put under tension and the upper end of the latterrides under the head 17 of the sear 16 and raises the same until saidend is beneath said head, when the sear drops causing said arm to beengaged by the scar and the pistol is accordingly cocked.

Balls which I designate as 21 and 22 are inserted in the respectiveopenings in the barrel and stock and so the pistol is'charged. lVhen itis desired to discharge the pistol, the trigger is pulled whereby thesear is raised and the arm 8 is released therefrom, and so under impulseof its spring is forcibly impelled forward and the lip 18 strikesball 22from below in upward direction and raises it throwing it forciblyoutward. Then the arm continues its forward motion and Patented May 3,1921.

arm rides freely on the rod 11 in said for ward motion of said arm, thesear meanwhile dropping to its adjusted limit.

As the arm is propelled forward it carries with it the rod 11 assistedfurther by the spring 9, thus placing said rod in normal position. Therod may then be drawn back when the arm again engages the sear and soset that the pistol is cocked, the rod 11 again returning to normalposition by the action of the spring 9.

The pistol is then charged with balls so that theoperations of firingthe pistol or discharging the balls may be repeated, as in previousinstances.

In order to prevent the improper dropping out of the ball 21 after beingloaded in the barreland prior to discharge, there is secured to the wallof the bore of the barrel forward of the block 4', the spring 1 withwhich the ball contacts frictionally, the effect of which is evident,said spring also pressing the ball steady on said block as its seatpreparatory to ejection.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,is

1. A 'toy pistol provided with ejecting means positionedto eject aprojectile at an angle to the length of the barrel.

2. A toy pistol having a barrel, and a stock having in its wall adischarge opening at an angle to the bore of the barrel.

3. A. toy pistol having a barrel having an opening in its upper wall tosupport a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into the bore ofthe barrel, a stock, a resilient projectile impellin arm in said stock,a sear in said stock adapted to engage said arm and thus cock thepistol, and a trigger to move said sear and thereby release said arm.

4. A toy pistol having a barrel, having an opening in its upper wall tosupport a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into the bore ofthe barrel, a stock, a re silient projectile impelling arm in saidstock, a retracting member connected with said arm adapted to beoperated by hand, a sear in the stock adapted to engage said arm whenretracted and thus cock the pistol, and a trigger to operate said searto release said arm.

5. A toy pistol having a barrel or stock having an opening in its upperwall to support a ball with the lower portion thereof extending into thebore of the barrel, a resilient projectile impelling arm on said stock,a hand operated retracting member in the stock connectible with saidarm, a

' sear in said stock adapted to engage said ed to operate said sear torelieve said arm,

said sear having thereon a hook-like head, and the upper end of said armbeing engageable by said head to lock said arm in the cocked conditionof the pistol.

7. In a toy pistol, a barrel having a bore and an opening thereinto fromits top to support a ball partially within and partly without the bore,and means to engage said ball to eject it at an angle to the length ofthe barrel. I .7

8. In a toy pistol, a spring impelling member operable and positioned toeject a plurality of projectiles from the barrel through separateoutlets at an angle to each other, one of said outlets being to the rearof the muzzle of the pistol.

9. A toy pistol adapted to eject a projectile from the bore thereofprovided with means positioned and operable to eject another projectileat an angle tosaid bore to the rear of the muzzle of the pistol.

10. In a toy pistol, a barrel having separate outlets at an angle toeach other, an impelling member operable and positioned to eject aplurality of projectiles from the barrel through said separate outletssuccessively, and a spring in the bore of the barrel adapted tofrictionally contact with the foremost projectile to prevent improperescape thereof prior to the ejection of the rearmost projectile.

JOHN H. HOOD.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. Bnssmcnn.

